Posted 04/03/2011 09:19 am
Sorry, I took a quick look at this thread back when it was posted, then forgot all about it.
I think you're right about the Persian origin, at least for the smaller one - that's just my guess, based on the style of the lettering. My best interpretation of the inscription reads "alrnan hd yasa'Ali" and the bottom word I can't make sense of at all.
The larger one I'm not so sure about. The Arabic/Persian script on the back of it says (without short vowels) "alalmt yasamn". "Alamat yasaman" seems to be the best reading, based on Google hits, but apart from being options for people's names, I don't know what the words mean. I'm not sure the number "900" definitely means the fineness, either; this Indian temple token features the number "786" prominently, for numerological reasons, and has a simialr mosque dome and minaret design.
I think you're right about the Persian origin, at least for the smaller one - that's just my guess, based on the style of the lettering. My best interpretation of the inscription reads "alrnan hd yasa'Ali" and the bottom word I can't make sense of at all.
The larger one I'm not so sure about. The Arabic/Persian script on the back of it says (without short vowels) "alalmt yasamn". "Alamat yasaman" seems to be the best reading, based on Google hits, but apart from being options for people's names, I don't know what the words mean. I'm not sure the number "900" definitely means the fineness, either; this Indian temple token features the number "786" prominently, for numerological reasons, and has a simialr mosque dome and minaret design.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
